Photos: Float for victims of violent crimes

Shawheen Coon looks at a decorated sign with a picture of her son, Kaylen Ellis, in Fairfield, Thursday. Family members and friends who have lost loved ones to violent crimes, along with volunteers from And Justice for All, decorated a float for Friday's Fourth of July parade. Ellis grew up in Fairfield but was killed in Sacramento in October. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic)